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The Face of Censorship

Google recently developed a site for the Chinese government: google.cn Part of this deal was that they would censor things that were 'disturbing' to the delicate sensibilities of the Chinese People. Charles at LGF did a search of one word on the USA site and on the CN site and came up with a compelling example of what Censorship means and why we need to re-think our dealings with such a totalitarian nation. Google Image Search for "tiananmen" -- USA
Click for full-size Image Google Image Search for "tiananmen" -- China
Click for full-size Image You have to get to page five before you start seeing images of the tanks. Posted by DaveH at January 26, 2006 10:26 PM